horror films
How the ‘Night of the Living Dead’ Remake Fixed the Fatal Flaw of the Original
George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is an absolute classic. It’s one of the films that truly defined the genre. It created a sub-genre that we’ve come to know as the modern zombie movie, alt...
Passing the Torch: Great Producing Ventures from Famous Horror Directors
We all love the masters of terror around these parts. John Carpenter, Wes Craven, Tobe Hooper, George Romero, Dario Argento, Roger Corman and so on and so forth. These are names we hold in high regard...
‘The Exorcism’ Works Because of Russell Crowe [Review]
When the poster for The Exorcism first dropped, a certain sect of horror fans was positively gleeful about the fact that Russell Crowe had ostensibly made the same movie twice, in quick succession. Ho...
Seven DTV Horror Movies Way Better Than They Should Have Been
It’s a pretty standard idea that straight to video is the bottom of the barrel for horror films. Of course, things are different now. In the VOD era, filmmakers would kill for a straight to video rele...
The Intensity of High Tension: A Look at Plagiarism in Horror
In a time of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and so forth, the genre fan has a narrowed selection in terms of originality. This debatable lack of creativity divides audiences on a regular basis. Wheth...
Jason Voorhees Has Been Played by These Actors [Men Behind the Mask]
Unlike his nemesis Freddy Krueger, Jason has never had much of a consistent portrayal on film. Sure, for awhile there it seemed things had changed. But now we’re back right where we started, with seem...
‘The Girl Next Door’ (2007) is Terrifying and Intense [Review]
The Girl Next Door (2007) is based on the Jack Ketchum novel of the same name. The film takes inspiration from a series of terrifying real-life events. Gregory Wilson directed this jarring picture. Th...
Why ‘Project: Metalbeast’ is Top-Notch Schlock (And Should be Remembered)
Most people reading this have probably never heard of Project: Metalbeast. That’s not a criticism of the horror community. There are so many forgotten gems. And plenty of people who have seen this fil...
These Seven Movies Were Blamed for Real-Life Crimes
Horror movies are frequently blamed for any number of things. People say that something has to be wrong with somebody who watches horror. The movies are even blamed for violence in general. If violent...